In The News

2023

International engineering firm fined $1M over B.C. spill linked to 85 trout deaths

[West Vancouver Streamkeepers], CBC News, April 12, 2023.

Rain garden installed at Wagg Creek to protect local wildlife

North Shore News, April 7, 2023.

Topsoil, not sewage, identified as source of Capilano River spill

North Shore News, April 1, 2023.

Highway contractor fined $1M for West Vancouver fish kill

[West Vancouver Streamkeepers] North Shore News, March 18, 2023.

Capilano River sewage leak contained, cause still under investigation

North Shore News, March 14, 2023.

Sewage no longer leaking into Capilano River, but investigation just beginning: province

CBC News, March 13, 2023.

Sewage leaks into Capilano River on Metro Vancouver's North Shore

CBC News, March 11, 2023.

Sewage leak into Capilano River could cause 'significant' fish kill, advocate says

North Shore News, March 11, 2023.

Boulders from Harry Jerome rebuild being used to help Lynn Creek salmon

North Shore News, Feb. 15, 2023

Investigators ID Lynn Creek sheen, but source still a mystery

North Shore News, Feb. 17, 2023

Watch: Mystery sheen appears on North Vancouver's Lynn Creek

North Shore News, Feb. 14, 2023

West Vancouver chum salmon returns trending up since 2019

[West Vancouver Streamkeepers] / North Shore News, Feb. 1, 2023

2022

Rains to trigger delayed salmon spawn on many South Coast rivers

North Shore News, Oct. 21, 2022

Company charged over deaths of dozens of fish in West Vancouver creek

[West Vancouver Streamkeepers] / CBC British Columbia, April 13, 2022

Wild steelhead run re-established above Seymour River dam

[Seymour Salmonid Society] / North Shore News, Sept. 7, 2022

North Van pond filled with mutant slime? Nope, it’s just tracer dye

North Shore News, May 17, 2022

2021

Les gardiens des ruisseaux protègent les habitats des saumons du Pacifique

(Streamkeepers feature in French, video has some English), Radio-Canada ICI, Dec. 23, 2021

West Van sees good chum salmon returns in 2020

[West Vancouver Streamkeepers Society], North Shore News, Feb. 24, 2021

North Vancouver’s Mackay Creek fouled by sewage spill

North Shore News, Sept. 21, 2021

New documentary highlights the incredible journey of urban salmon in Metro Vancouver

North Shore News, Feb. 25, 2021

North Van crews must break Seymour River rocks by hand to save salmon run

North Shore News, Aug 2, 2021

Salmon returning to North Van creek in ‘shocking’ numbers (VIDEO)

North Shore News, Jan. 18, 2021

2020

Wild salmon reintroduced to upper Seymour River (VIDEO)

North Shore News, Dec 15, 2020

Neptune Terminals dedicates $100,000 to Pacific Salmon Foundation Projects

The Global Canadian, Jan. 15, 2020

University of Washington discovers tire chemical is killing Coho salmon (VIDEO)

CBC News Vancouver, Dec. 10, 2020

Restoration of North Vancouver’s Mackay Creek continues (VIDEO)

North Shore News, June 26, 2020

2019

Five years after rock slide, Seymour River now passable for migrating fish

North Shore News, Dec. 6, 2019

North Van photographer documents the remarkable journey of urban salmon

North Shore News, Sept. 22, 2019

EDITORIAL: Seymour Salmonid Society moved mountains to save a river

North Shore News, Dec. 6, 2019

North Shore Rain Garden Project demonstrates ‘natural technology’

North Shore News, Sept. 21, 2019

CANINE CONNECTION: For salmon’s sake, keep dogs on leash

North Shore News, Oct. 2, 2019

Metro approves tertiary treatment for North Vancouver sewage plant

North Shore News, Sept. 20, 2019

Volunteers needed for adult salmon count

The Global Canadian, Sept. 10, 2019

Volunteers net 180 endangered Seymour River fish for spawning

North Shore News, Aug. 31, 2019

First fish clear Seymour River rock slide

North Shore News, Aug. 24, 2019

Seaspan contributes $25,000 to North Shore Salmon Project

The Global Canadian, Jul. 23, 2019

One last blast: Seymour River rock breaking nearly complete

North Shore News, Jul. 10, 2019

Oil spill fouls Mackay Creek

North Shore News, Feb. 28, 2019

Wagg Creek spills getting out of hand, environmentalist says

North Shore News, Feb. 2, 2019

Activists hopeful advanced sewage treatment still an option for North Shore

North Shore News, Jul. 5, 2019 (Click here to download PDF embedded above)

Vacuum trucks suck 49,000 litres of oily water from storm sewer to save salmon

CBC News, Feb. 26, 2019

North Shore man wants answers about mysterious cloudy water in Wagg Creek

CBC.ca, Jan. 29, 2019

Raw sewage torrent besmirches Hastings Creek

North Shore News, Apr. 4, 2019

Kim Stephens, Richard Boase and Eric Bonham: Citizen science is in action in B.C.

Op-ed, The Province, Feb. 26, 2019

2018

North Vancouver student receives Pacific Salmon Foundation education bursary

North Shore News, Dec. 7, 2018

Salmon habitat mural unveiled at Seymour Hatchery

North Shore News, Sept. 27, 2018

Streamkeepers building coho salmon habitat in North Van’s Lynn Creek

North Shore News, Aug. 29, 2018

Chemical Spills wipe out fish in three North Shore streams

North Shore News, May 3, 2018

Streaming service: North Van students learn waterway restoration

North Shore News, Nov. 17, 2018

North Shore Streamkeepers rally divers for Capilano River cleanup

North Shore News, Sept. 11, 2018

North Vancouver homeowner fined for creek contamination

North Shore News, May 18, 2018

Short Term Thinking?

Glen Parker, Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia Innovation, March/April 2018

Foundation fetes steadfast fish friend

North Shore News, Oct. 25, 2018

LETTER: Enhanced coho habitat a true group effort

North Shore News, Sept. 11, 2018

Habitat SOS: How to save our streams

North Shore News, May. 3, 2018

OTHER VOICES: Stormwater management an increasingly complex challenge

North Shore News, Mar. 22, 2018

2017 and earlier

2017 Civic Recognition Award Recipients Announced

District of North Vancouver Website, November 21, 2017

Stormwater Impacts Communities and Creeks – What Can Streamkeepers Do?

The Partnership for Water Sustainability of BC, February 2017

District of North Vancouver honours residents

North Shore News, Apr. 16, 2014

Salmon conservation gets grant boost

North Shore News, Aug. 11, 2013

100 volunteers help provide stream service

North Shore News, Mar. 17, 2017

Students share in inlet restoration work

North Shore News, Jun. 24, 2016

North Van residents praised for volunteering

North Shore News, Feb. 2, 2014

Lynn Creek sludge no threat to fish, says port

North Shore News, Oct. 17, 2012

Unknown poison kills Mackay Creek fish

North Shore News, July 20, 2011

Stormwater talk

North Shore News, Feb. 14, 2017

Kids learn about habitat with banners

North Shore News, Aug. 27, 2014

Maintaining Our Rivers and Streams

Mayor Richard Walton, Deep Cove Crier, December 2013

Fish kill sparks cleanup

North Shore News, Aug. 10, 2011

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